Carlos Badia

Experience

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  Supelec

  Jan 2008 - Jan 2010

  Student
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  Siemens S.A

  Feb 2008 - Sept 2008

  Assistant Sales Manager (Internship)

  Motors and Frequency Converters (low and medium voltage). Industrial Division.Sales Intern. Prepared offers and participated in bids for Spanish industrial leading corporations.

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  TAS Europrojects

  Jul 2009 - Sept 2009

  Consultant in European Affairs (Summer Internship)

  Analyst Intern. Built financial models for development projects in Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Turkey.

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  Thales

  Apr 2010 - Sept 2010

  Program Manager (Internship)

  Final year internship. Thales Security Solutions & Services.Program Manager Intern. Coordinated Transport and Security projects in Panama and Dominican Republic.

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  Technicolor

  Oct 2010 - Apr 2015

  Responsible for P&L and development of Cable Gateways business in Latin America, dealing with major telecom operators including América Móvil Group and Liberty Global International.- Expanded business annual revenue from $15M to $90M, becoming #1 Docsis Cable Gateway provider in Latin America in two years.- Delivered successfully more than 15 products in top tier customers like Millicom, VTR Chile, Claro Colombia, Claro Brazil and Latin America Top Tier operators.- Managed cross functional teams to meet program objectives. Developed from concept to deployment several Videop Set-Top-Boxes for Latin America operators. Managed project phases and internal gates ensuring financial objectives were set and achieved.- Delviered products and solutions, including certification and homologation with customer and government authorities.- Managed teams spread across different regions (Americas, Europe and Asia) ensuring the project was delivered within the contract requirements, standards of quality, budget, and schedule- Contributed to the strategy and product roadmap by providing analysis of customer needs and gathering feedback on the existing products. Show less

  • Program Manager

    Mar 2011 - Apr 2015

  • Program Manager

    Oct 2010 - Mar 2011
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  ARRIS

  Apr 2015 - Apr 2019

  Head of Delivery

  - Built Engineering and Project Management team in Brazil from zero (20 people) to support customers.In charge of Brazil P&L and Project Management Office.- Supported Sales on winning new business by creating documentation, participating on RFPs, face to face customer meetings, etc.- Directed a team of Program Managers, Hardware and Software Engineers, delivering customer solutions in Latin America.- Managed knowledge transfer between regions to bring support closer to our customers and reducing operation costs.- Established regular meetings with customers at several levels to go through open issues, escalations and implemented communication plans to improve customer satifaction- Expanded responsibilities to the Latin America region to replicate the success achieved in Brazil by moving the Development team closer to the customer.- Collaborated with local Governmental Entities to secure funding to finance Engineering Development activities, resulting in the reinvestment of over USD 2 million in Research and Development. Show less

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  CommScope

  Apr 2016 - Jun 2024

  Senior Director of Program Management

  Developed products and solutions for major Telecom operators in Latin America and North America. Successfully launched +50 projects over the last five years. Expanded responsibilities to all product lines (Software, Broadband and Video products) and North America and Latin America region.- Managed $40M R&D budget. - Lead and mentored a team of Program Managers (on site and off shore) to deliver projects on Quality, Cost and Schedule. In charge of defining team objectives and tracking progress against business KPIs.- Defined new internal process to become more agile when delivering complex programs. Standardized Project Plans formats and created simplified process establishing a common way of working among teams integrated through several M&A.- Lead internal transformation projects with strong focus in data analytics and processing to improve business performance.- Risk Management for programs in Americas Region, identifying and mitigating project risks with close collaboration with Engineering and other function areas.- Held regular meetigns with partners, senior management and C-level execs to present progress, manage project escalations and negotiate strategies to achieve both customer and internal goals.- In charge of regional SoW with customers and 3rd parties, defining scope, delivery metrics and project budgets.- Contribution to business development and RFP response by creating Project plans, budgets, negotiating with customers and other functions on project deliverables and metrics to track delivery success. Show less

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  SUEZ

  Oct 2024 - now

  Digital Hub Manager

  Opening an Engineering Digital Hub in Alicante for Suez Digital Solutions and scaling a team of talented developers, product owners and Data and AI engineers.